Driving mechanism.



0. B. WOODROW.

DRIVING MEGHANISM.

APPLIQATION FILED MAR.13, 190a.

Patented May 11, 1909.

2 SHEETS-SHEET l.

0. B. WOODROW.

DRIVING MECHANISM.

4 APPLIOATION FILED MAR.13, 1906.

921, 1-95. Patented May 1 1, 1909.

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OLIVER B. wooDRoW; or NEWTON, IOWA.

DRIVING. MECHANISM.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed KarelilB, 1908.Serial No. 420,964.

Patented May 1 1, 1909;.

all whom it may concern: I Be it known that I, OLIVER B. WooDRoW, acitizen of the United States, residing at Newton, in the county of'Jasper and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful .DrivingMechanism, of which the following is a f specification.

' The object of my invention is to provide .means of simple, durable andinexpensive construction, permanently connectedto the frame 'of awashing machine, whereby all of' the operating mechanism, including anelectric motor. or other suitable power device, may be mounted beneaththe body of a washing machine in such a .manner as toybalance the weightof the washing, machine, and to be contained within the same amount offloor space vas..t.he washing machine of itself would occupy, andfurther, to. rovide operating means of this kind whereby the operatormay readily and easily control the move- .ment of either the washingmachine or wringer, so that either may be stopped or started instantly,whenever desired, and so I have used the reference numera that eitherthe wringer or washing machine may be operated or both thrown out ofgear, but only one at a time may be operated.

My invention consists in the construction, arrangement and combinationof the VaI1011S- parts of the device, whereby the. objects contemplatedare attained, .as hereinafter more fully set forth, pointed out in myclaims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in

which-- Figure 1 shows a side elevation of the com.- plete device emboding my invention. Fig. 2 shows a detail p an view. illustrating Ithe 1g.3 showsa rear end elevation of the entire device embodying my invention.Fig. 4 shows an enlarged detail sectional View of'the clutch device,and-Fig. 5. shows a detail view. of thelower end of the lever for oper-.

ating the movable sleeve of the clutch device.

Referring to the accompanyi cate the washing machine body supported uponthe legs 11. J Mounted in the-cover of the body is an agitator shaft 12,provided with a pinion 13.

At the front of the washing machine body is. a bracket 14, to whichanoperating lever 15 is fulcru ned. This operatinglever haspivoted to itstop arack bar 16 immesliwith;

drawings,

construction is attached. This wringer IS. provided with a groovedpulley 20 attached to one of the roller shafts.

Mounted beneath the body 10, and be tween the supporting'legs 11, is aplatform 21, and supported'upon this platform is an electric motor- 22,or other suitable power de? vice. Fixed to the shaft of the motor 221s.a small pulley 23.

Mountedin bearings 24 below the body 10., is ashaft 25 having fixed toone endthereof a large pulley 26, which pulley is connected by'means ofthe belt 27 with the small pulley 23 .on the motor. Rotatably mountedupon the shaft 25 is a small pinion 28 having a ratchet clutchjinember29 connected. there: with. Fixed to the other end of the shaft 25 is asleeve 3 0"having thereon a small pulley 31 connected by a belt 32 withthe pulley 20. Said sleeve is also provided Witha* ratchet clutch member33. Slidingly mounted upon the shaft 25 between said clutch members 29and 33, is a sleeve 34 having an annular groove 35 formed thereon.

'This sleeve is provided with a longitudinal slot 36, and a screw 37 ispassed through said slot and seated in the shaft 25, to thereby permitthe sleeve to move longitudinally upon-the shaft, and to revent itsrotation thereon. On one end 0 the sleeve 34 is a ratchet clutch member38, to co-act with the clutch member 29, and on its other end is aratchet clutch member 39 to oo-act with the clutch member 33.

Mounted beneath the body 10 is a lever 40 having a fork 41 at its lowerend to enter the groove 35.. This lever has a pitman 42 pivoted toitscentral portion, the outer end of. the pitrnan being pivoted to alever 43, which lever is. fulcrumed to the bracket 44, and is. providedat its upper end with a lug. 45. desi ed'to enter thejnotchesefi in thecurved racket 47', said lug beingyieldingly held in one of the notches46 in which it may berplaced, by. the resiliency of the lever 43.

Thearran ement of these partsis such that when; the. ever 43 is in theposition shown in Eig. 3,, then the sleeve 34 is held mid way betweenthe ratchet members 29 and 33, and when the lever 43 is moved. to one.

side of its central position, the clutches 38 and 29 will enga e, andwhen moved toits other limit, the c utches 39 and 33 will ena 5 Mountedbeneath the machine body is a large inion 48' having the pitman 17pivoted to it, and arranged in mesh with the small pinion 28, so thatwhen said small pinion is rotated, the rack bar 16 will be reciprocatedand an alternating rotary motion will be imparted to the agitator shaft.In practical operation, and assuming that the motor is running, andassuming further that the sleeve 34 is in its central position, thenneither the agitator nor the wringer are beingoperated. If it is desiredto operate the agitator, then the operator grasps the lever 43 and movesits upper end away from the body 10, thus throwing the clutch members 28and 29 into engagement. This will cause the small pinion 28 to berotated with the shaft 25, and thereby o erate the large pinion 48, thepitman 17, t e lever 15, the rack bar 16, and the pinion 13 on theagitator shaft. stop the movement of the agitator, the lever 43 isreturned to its central position, and if it is desired to operate thewringer, the.

upper .end of the lever 43 is moved toward 30 the body 10, thus throwingthe clutch members 33 and 39 into engagement.

In a device of this kind, and especially in connection with the'operation of a wringer, it is desirable to rovide means whereby 35 theoperating devices may be instantly stopped. For instance, in regard tothe wringer, and in the event that an article of clothing is beingrun'through. the wringer, and the article should become wound upon therollers, or shouldbe'come entangled with other articles, then if themotion of the wringer was continued, either the article or the wringermight become damaged, and if, in order to stop the wringer it wasnecessary 4 to stop the motor and all the other machinery, then in manycases this could not be accomplished quickly enough to prevent damage.However, by means of my invention, either the wringer or the agitatormay be thrown out of gear instantly, whenever the occasion demands, andon account of the friction which both the wrin er and the agitator aresubjected to, they will instantly stop whenever the clutch device ismoved to osition for throwing them out of gear.

aving thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is

1. In a gearing device of the class described, the combination ofaframe, supporting legs for the frame, a platform secured to thesupporting le s below the frame, a shaft at the top of the frame, amotor mounted on the said platform, an operating device con nected withthe motor, and withthe said If it is desired toshaft for impartingan'alternating rotary motion to the shaft, a controlling lever, andmeans actuated. by the controlling lever for throwing the operatingdevice into or out of operative connection with the motor. 7

2. In a gearing device of the class described, the combination of aframe, support- I ing legs for the frame, a platform fixed to thesupporting legs below the frame, amotor on the platform, ashaft-mountecl in the top of I the frame, a (16 1106 mounted on top ofthe frame, an operating device connected with the motor and the saidshaft for imparting an alternating rotary motion to the latter, anoperating device connected with the motor 8 and with the said device foroperating the latter, a controlling lever and means operated by thecontrolling lever for throwing either of said operating devices into orout of operative connection with the motor.

3. In a gearing device of the class described, the combination of aframe, supporting legs therefor, a platform beneath the frame fixed tothe supporting legs, a motor thereon, a rotatable shaft, means forrotating the shaft by power from themotor, a smal pinion and a smallpulley rotatably mounted on said shaft, and each havinga clutch member,a sliding clutch member mounted on the shaft and capableofengaging-either of said clutch members, or of standing in position outof engagement with bath, a controlling lever for operating said slidingclutch member, a shaft at the topof the frame, means for o crating saidshaft by power from the smal pinion, a device on top of the frame, andmeans for operating the same by power from the small pulley. I

4. In a gearlng device of the class described, the combination ofaframe, supporting legs therefor, 'aplatform beneath the frame fixed tothe supporting legs, a motor thereon, a rotatable shaft, means forrotatin the shaft by power from theinotor, a sma pinion and a smallpulley rotatably mounted on said shaft, and each having a clutch member,a sliding clutch member mounted on the shaft and capable of engagingeither of said clutch members or of standing in position out ofengagement with both, a controlling. 1 15 lever for o era-tingsaid'sliding clutch member, a-sha t at the top of the frame, means for ocrating said shaft by power from the smal pinion, a device ontop of theframe,

means for operating the same by power from the frame, means for oerating said shaft from the motor, a smal pinion rotatably mounted onthe shaft and having a clutch member, a small pulley rotatably mountedon the shaft, and having a clutch member, a sliding clutch membermounted on the shaft and capable of standing in position out ofenagement with both of the other clutch mem- )ers or-in engagement witheither, a, lever fulcrumed to the bottom of the frame for controllingthe sliding clutch member, a pitman connected with said lever, acontrolling lever fulcrumed to the side of the frame and having a lugnear its upper end, a notched bracket fixed to the frame, to be engagedby said lug, a shaft mounted in the top of the frame, a pinion thereon,a rack in engagement with said pinion, a lever fulcrumed to one side ofthe frame and pivoted to said rack, a pitman pivoted to the lower end ofsaid lever, a large pinion mounted beneath the frame and in mesh withsaid small pinion and having said pitman pivoted to it, a device on topof the frame, a pulley on said device and a belt for connecting saidpulley with the said small pulley, for the purposes stated. Des Moines,Iowa, Feb. 28, 1908.

OLIVER nwooneow.

Witnesses S. F. OHRrsTY, M. E. BENNETT.

